Supporting device.



F. JENSEN, D. GONLA N, JR. & L. H. DY ER. SUPPORTING DEVICE.

AYPLIUATION FILED APR. 8, 190B.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK JENSEN, OF ALDENE, NEW JERSEY, DAVID CONLAN, JR., OF NEW YORK, N. Y., AND LEONARD H. DYER, OF GREENWICI-I, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNORS, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO ELIZABETH CONLAN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW

YORK.

SUPPORTING DEVICE.

1,040,341. pe ifi ti of Letters Patent Patented. Oct. 8, 1912. Application filed April 8, 1908. Serial No. 425,822.

To all whom it may concern: of a single piece of metal. The connection Be it known that we, FnnonnIoK JENSEN, between the stem and the head may be made a citizen of the United States, a resident of by means of a bolt or rivet 3. The stem 1 Aldene, Roselle Park, Union county, State is pliant and, according to one form of our 5 of New Jersey, DAVID CoNLAN, Jr., of the invention, is made of a plurality of parts.

borough of Manhattan, city, county, and In the embodiments illustrated in Figs. 1, State of New York, and LEONARD H. Dyna, 2, 3, 4L and 8, the stem is made of two parts, of Greenwich, county of Fair-field, St t of each preferably of pliant sheet metal of the Connecticut, have invented a w d proper width and thickness. In the device 10 lul Supporting Device, of which the followill s rated in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4, the por i i a ifi ti tions of the stem are the strips 4 and 5. Th bje t w h v in i w are th These strips are connected one on each side ducticn of a, device particularly applicable Of the head, and are SCCUI'BCl tOgGiihCl 111d for the attachment of molding and conduits to e head by means of the bolt or rivet 3. 15 used in electric installation to ceilings and When the device is introduced through the walls. hole, the head is turned in line with the The particular obj ct ar t produce a strips, as shown in Fig. 4, so that the device device, of which the first cost will be small, may be introduced through the hole. When which may be attached in position with a h devi is us d for supporting a molding 20 minimum amount of labor, which will not 6 t0 he Wall or ceiling 7 a hole is bored interfere with the electric connections, and through molding and g and the device which will adequately sustain the supported is introduced through such hole, as shown. device. The stem 1 of the device is sufficiently long These and further objects will appear from that When the head is introduced through 25' consideration of the mbodi nt f o i the hole, and has been caused to assume the vention set forth in this specification and poSltiOIi illustrated in Fig. 2, the lower ends in the accompanying drawings, in which-- of the stem will extend down a sullicient Figure 1 i n end elevatio of a d i distance beyond the molding to be separated bodying our invention howi a o tion and bent apart, as shown in Fig. 2. These I 30 of the Wall or ceiling and a molding in cros separated portions of the stem may be sosection; Fig, 2 is a iew of the same device cured to the molding by tacks 8, passed illustrated in Fig. 1, at right angles thereto, through suitable openings in the strips. and with the molding permanently secured These strips are best made of pliant main position, Fig. 3 is a View of the d vic terial which is capable of bending at the 35 illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, but shown as sharp angle necessary in order to permit supporting a-conduit. Fig. 4 is a perspectheir ends to lie fairly within the molding. tive view of the same device. Fig. 5 is a When the device is to be used for supportperspective view of a modification. Fig. 6 mg conduit pipes, as shown in Fig. 3, an is a perspective view of another modificaopening is made through the wall or coil- 40 tion. Fig. 7 is a view partly in section, of ing, and the pipe is supported between the a modified form of the invention, applied to two strips constituting the stem of the supa conduit. Fig. 8 is a detail view of another porting device, the strips being secured tomodification. Figs. 9,10 and 11 are details gether, grasping the pipe and holding it I of modifications. against the wall or ceiling. A satisfactory 45 In all of the views like parts are desigmeans for securing the two strips together nated by the same reference characters; is illustrated in Figs. 1 and 4:, which means Our device comprises a stem 1 and a comprises a series of openings 9 formed in head 2; the stem is pivotally connected to the strip 5. In this embodiment of the inr the head, so that the head may be swung in vention the openings are in the form of 50 line with the stem and introduced through slots. The strip 4 is shown as narrower an opening. Upon turning the head at than the strip 5, and is of the same width as right angles with the stem it will hold the the width of the slots 9. The strip 4 may device in position. The head is preferably therefore be threaded through one of the in the form of a bar, as illustrated, formed I slots 9, as shown in Fig. 3, tightly embracing the conduit, and the end of the strip 4-is strip 4, a series of holes 10 may be made in such strip. A plurality of slots 9 and holes 10 is best used to adapt the device to walls and supported objects of varying thickness.

Our device may be modified 1n many ways. In Fig. 5 the stem 1 is made of a single pliant strip like the strip 4, lllust-rated 1n Fig. 4. A single strip may be used for supporting the molding, in the manner 1ll ustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, such strip be ng bent to one side and secured to the molding by tacks or other fastenings. In Fig. 6 is shown another modification, in which the head is in the form of a longitudinally bent strip 11, the bend being U-shaped, and the stem 1 being introduced between the legs of the U, and secured in position by the molt or rivet 3. Fig. 8 shows a device very similar to that shown in Fig. 4, but without 7 the slots 9, and with both of the strips of the same width, which device may be used for supporting the molding in the manner illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2.

In the modification illustrated in Fig. 9, the two pliant strips 4 and 5 are adapted to be connected together to support a conduit 14, by means of a buckle 16. This buckle is in the form of a link or ring, the strip 5 passing through the link from outside inwardly, and being tucked under itself. The strip 4 passes through the buckle'from inside outwardly, and its free end is retained by means of a loop 17. In the structure illustrated in Fig. 10 the buckle 16 carries a loop 18 for retaining the free end of the strip. In both structures illustrated in Figs. 9 and 10 the strips are perforated, so that the device may be used for supporting moldings.

Fig. 7 shows a modified embodiment of the invention for supporting conduits. In this case the stem is formed of a wire 12, which passes through an opening in the center of the head 2, permitting the head to pivot upon the wire. The wire may be twisted together at 13, at the proper distance from the head, and the conduit 14 may be introduced between the two wires, and their free ends twisted together at 15. In the modification illustrated in Fig. 11 the wire 12 is secured to the form of head illustrated in Fig. 6 by means of a pivot 3. 1

Ne have illustrated our invention in connection with the form of supporting device which has a pivoted head. It is to be understood that such head is shown solely for the purposes of illustration, as any other head or other device for sustaining the bolt within the base or wall 7 may be employed.

' term stem It will be apparent from this description of our invent-ion that we have produced a device which may be very cheaply manufactured, and which may be applied with great ease and with little labor. It will be noted that the stem of the device is pliant; therefore, when applying molding to a ceiling or wall, the holes through the molding and walls do not exactly have to coincide.

It is also apparent that the opening through 'The making of the stem or flat strips, as

shown and described, permits the device,

vwhen used in connection with moldings, to occupy the minnnum space, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2. The capping may be placed upon the moldlng without need of cutting Q away any portion of the capping or countersinking any part of the molding. The de- 5 vice, therefore, is much more easily attached than the ordinary form of toggle bolts, which are neither flexible nor cheap. Q thermore, I nuts to be properly set up, which entails Fursuch bolts require washers and cutting away of the molding or capping,

and the provision of special insulation at the point where the bolt comes through.

In the specification and claims, by the we mean that portion of the device or structure which passes through the opening in the wall or ceiling 7 or equivalent structures, as distinguished from a device or structure which is beyond the face of the wall or ceiling; and by the term pliant we mean capable of being bent, without breaking.

In accordance with the provisions of the patent statutes, we have described the principle of our invention, together with the apparatus which we now consider to represent the best embodiment thereof, but we desire to have it understood that the appara tus shown is merely illustrative and that the invention can be carried out in other ways.

Having now described what we claim as new and by Letters Patent, is:

l. A toggle bolt having a cross head which engages with the inside o1 a support, and a pliant stem pivoted to the head and passing through an opening in the support and distortable to engage with the supported object irrespective of its shape to hold it in our invention, desire to secure engagement with the outside of the support.

plurality of parts distortable for attachment to the supported object irrespective of its shape.

3. A toggle bolt formed of a stem of two pliant strips and a toggle head pivoted at one end thereof, the strips being perforated, one of the said strips being narrower than the other and of less width than the perforations in such wider strip so as to be capable of entering the perforations.

4. A toggle bolt which has a stem formed of two pliant strips which are pivoted adja cent to one of their ends to a swinging cross head, the said strips being perforated.

5. A toggle bolt which has a stem formed of two pliant strips pivoted adjacent to one of their ends to a swinging cross head, the said strips being distortable and mutually engageable to sustain the supported object.

6. A toggle bolt having a stem which comprises two pliant strips pivoted adjacent to one of the ends to a swinging cross head, one of such strips being wider than the other and having transverse slots of greater length than the width of the narrower strip to enable the narrow strip to enter a perforation.

7. A toggle bolt which comprises a stem formed of two pliant flat strips pivoted adjacent to one of their ends to a swinging cross head, the said strips being perforated and capable of being separated and bent to engage with the supported object.

8. A toggle bolt having a stem which comprises two pliant fiat strips in combination with a swinging cross head, and a pivot connecting such head and strips, the portion of the strips removed from the pivot being perforated.

9. A fastening device having a member which engages with the inside of the support and a pliant stem which passes through an opening in the support and is distortable FREDERICK JENSEN. DAVID OONLAN, JR. LEONARD H. DYER.

WVitnesses:

JOHN L. LoTsoiI, MINNIE HORMEL.

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